Saudi Journal of Engineering and Technology (SJEAT)
Volume-3 | Issue-10 | 618-625
Original Research Article
An Adaptive Beamforming Antenna Array System for Minimizing Outage Probability in Mobile Cellular Networks
Onoh GN, Arinze SN, Okafor PU
Published : Oct. 30, 2018
Abstract
The Communication industry in Nigeria was thrown into the Quality of
Service challenges as a result of rapid growth of mobile users with their increases in the
demand for mobile communication application services. Most often in this country, the
outages are high which leads to total network failures, block calls, drop calls. All these
are as a result of poor signal strength at the receiving end. This research was aimed at
minimizing outage probability in mobile network using beamforming adaptive antenna
array system. To achieve this goal, the number of outages was measured at a specified
period. A beamforming antenna was designed so as to enhance signal reception. An
LMS algorithm was developed for the antenna for signal tracking and acquisition. A
model for minimizing the outage probability in the network using adaptive beamforming
antenna was then developed and simulated in MATLAB Environment. Results obtained
showed that the outage probability is lower with adaptive beamforming antenna and also
the BER curve was better with beamforming technique.